NEC dual-mode chip can power both Blu-ray, HD DVD at no extra cost
October 11, 2006
arstechnica.com - NEC Electronics has started shipping a single decoder chip that can handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, all at about the same price as the company’s single-format solutions.
Microsoft struggles with patch
October 11, 2006
ZDNet - Microsoft on Tuesday released a slew of patches for Windows and Office, but a glitch prevented the company from pushing the updates out automatically.
Dolby Headphone Demo
October 11, 2006
Check out this demo of Dolby Headphone done by the HTGuys. This was released in a previous podcast and I was blown away. I had to share it with the rest of you.
Make sure you have your headphones on while listening. The good thing is you don’t need any special headphones.
Plugin Provides Tagging Inside iTunes
October 10, 2006
startups.gigaom.com - New music search service Qloud allows you to organize your tracks inside itunes using tags. You can also search the entire community easily at qloud.com. There’s a good flash demo here (you can also download the plugin there): www.qloud.com/tutorial/iTunes/tutorial.html
Google Reader Gets A Few More Small Updates
October 10, 2006
googlereader.blogspot.com - Google Reader was just updated with a few new features, including the ability to set your homepage to “All items,” or any folder or tag. Another cool new feature they’ve added is a refresh button, to easily refresh your subscriptions, and have added the auto-refresh feature, that Gmail users know and love.
Amazing Photoshop Brush Resource Site!
October 10, 2006
psbrushes.net - PS Brushes has finally launched, so if your ever looking for a certain photoshop brush be sure to check us out, we have over 170 brushes indexed and growing daily.
Deal Of The Day: Acronis True Image 7 (Similar to Norton Ghost) Free
October 10, 2006
Slickdeals.net - Acronis and Computer Active Magazine are giving away Acronis True Image 7 software (similar to Norton Ghost) for free. Download site may be slow as number of downloads increase, be patient. Thanks aroot
- Click here to download the application
- Click here and register for a serial number
If the main link is too slow, after you register for a serial number, you can use this link to get the latest version directly from Acronis (it’s a full installation)
Post Processing with FFDSHOW
October 10, 2006
HTPCNews.com - No need to rush to buy that new Blu-ray or HDDVD player, and upgrade all those DVD’s you’ve bought. This is a (somewhat dated but still very useful) starter guide for setting up FFDSHOW to do post processing to squeeze HD quality out of all those standard DVD’s you have laying around. I’ve been using this well over a year and am very pleased with the results.
Great Webmaster tool - Find all domains that share your IP
October 8, 2006
seologs.com - This tool will find other domain names hosted on your IP address. Just enter a domain (www.example.com) or an IP address (127.0.0.1) to get a list of domain names that share the same IP address
13 Photo Sizes Compared - Megapixel Chart explains the Megapixel Myth
October 8, 2006
design215.com - Each colored box represents a certain number of megapixels. The numbers along the top and left side are print dimensions in inches at 300ppi. The visual version of The Megapixel Myth at http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm — “A 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18!”
